MONTEGO BAY, St James — Mid-season champions Granville Jaguars are the first qualifiers for the final of the Flow National Basketball League-West after two good wins in rescheduled games played on the weekend.

Jaguars beat MBCC Knights 81-68 on Saturday and Lucea Flames 94-80 on Sunday to improve to 25 points and can only be passed by Hoopers, who have two games to play this weekend.

Two teams — Hoopers and two-time defending champions Catherine Hall All-Stars are in a virtual dead heat for the other place in the final and the third spot that would ensure a place in the national play-offs.

Flames have completed their schedule of 15 matches on 23 points, but trail both Hoopers and Catherine Hall on head-to-head tie-breakers and will have no hopes of advancing.

Hoopers and All-Stars are both on 22 points, but the former have two games in hand, and Catherine Hall just one, against Hoopers on Sunday, that could decide who joins Jaguars next Wednesday.

On Saturday, Leroy Lawrence and Dave Black scored 18 points each as Granville recovered from a first quarter 16-21 deficit to run away from Knights, who were led by Jhaun Bryan’s 14 points and 10 rebounds.

Jaguars led 43-21 at half-time, and 65-49 going into the fourth quarter.

On Sunday, Lawrence had a monster game scoring 39 points and grabbing 26 rebounds along with six blocked shots, six steals and six assists, as Black scored 24 points, had six rebounds, six assists and four steals.

Craig Dorman tried to keep Lucea in the game with 30 points and 11 rebounds, as Julian Walker scored 23 points and had nine rebounds.

Lucea lost back-to-back games after being beaten 70-58 by Hoopers on Saturday, despite a game-high 20 points from Walker, and 15 points and 13 rebounds from Dorman.

In Sunday’s second game, Catherine Hall beat winless Railway Tigers 66-50 to stay in the race, as Vaughn Corke and Ricardo Brooks both scored 14 points.